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Battle of Sekigahara: Quick Facts

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Date October 21, 1600
Location Lake Biwa • Japan • Nagoya
Participants Ishida Mitsunari • Tokugawa Ieyasu
Context Tokugawa shogunate

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Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
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Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
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Konishi Yukinaga
Japanese general
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Ishida Mitsunari
Japanese warrior
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Kuroda Nagamasa
Japanese warrior

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